Is it ok to write about something five years after it was sent in? This one got lost amidst a move from England to Australia and a spot of decluttering the other day led to its rediscovery. I remember wondering at the time where it went… then I forgot about it for five years. I guess we are quite loose on deadlines. Anyway, this one is a split 12″ featuring two songs each by four bands from Scotland. The tracks by each band are separated – so, not one after the other. Le Thug are the only band I was already familiar with – their songs are shimmering, ambient and dream-like – particularly “Sense (In Scotland)” which is over 13 minutes long. Magic Eye from Edinburgh do something laidback but still in the realms of dream-pop – interesting guitar work on their two tracks. Things are more driven with the two tracks from Plastic Animals – probably the older and noisiest style amongst these bands and nicely melancholy with vocals deeper in the mix. Zed Penguin then play two tracks that are both dark and a little offbeat.